The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development by Hans Krönner International Workshop on Workforce Development in the Knowledge Economy Seoul, Republic of Korea, 07-13 September 2005
Overview 1. Knowledge workers and knowledge economy 2. What is sustainable development? 3. Why does TVET impact on sustainable development? 4. How does TVET impact on sustainable development? 5. The role of the workplace 6. The international context 7. How to translate into national action plans? ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 2 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Overview (1) 1. Knowledge workers and knowledge economy Do we agree what we are talking about? 2. What is sustainable development? 3. Why does TVET impact on sustainable development? 4. How does TVET impact on sustainable development? 5. The role of the workplace 6. The international context 7. How to translate into national action plans? ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 3 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
What is Knowledge? Knowledge is… • “a body of information relevant to job performance ” • “meaningful links people make in their minds between information and its application ” ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 4 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Information and Knowledge (1) • Data : Unorganized Facts • Information : Data + Content • Knowledge : Information + Judgement ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 5 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Information and Knowledge (2) Information is not equivalent to knowledge . Even the contrary might be true: “The amount of information available continues to increase at incredible rates. This is normally seen as a benefit. I, on the contrary, see this as a profound problem because when information doubles, knowledge when information doubles, knowledge halves and wisdom quarters .” halves and wisdom quarters Robert Theobald: The Information Superhighway. Opportunities and Problems. http://www.transform.org/transform-cgi-bin/get/org/tlc/dir/rtheobald ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 6 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Knowledge Worker “A worker whose achievement lies in doing the right things through exercising his expertise, rather than doing things right as in mechanical production line work. Knowledge workers need to be autonomous. They learn and find better ways of doing things . They make educated judgements and they do not just do what they're told to do” (Drucker) ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 7 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Knowledge Economy or Networking Economy? Knowledge Economy Networking Economy Any highly skilled work Any highly skilled work not dependent upon electronic reliant on electronic networks , Knowledge networks , such as that of a Worker such as that of a university trader or a teleworking software professor developer Any work, not strongly skill- Any work reliant on proximity intensive , but dependent on "Non- and independent of electronic Knowledge" electronic networks – that of a networks – that of a barber or a Worker data processor or cashier, for waiter, for example example Source: World Employment Report 2001 “Life at work in the information economy”, ILO ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 8 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Overview (2) 1. Knowledge workers and knowledge economy 2. What is sustainable development? 3. Why does TVET impact on sustainable development? 4. How does TVET impact on sustainable development? 5. The role of the workplace 6. The international context 7. How to translate into national action plans? ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 9 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Changing development paradigms • Industrial societies guided by Economy • 1960s: Industrial societies discover Ecology • Human and social dimension > Society ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 10 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
“Our Common Future” (1987) “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ” World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987 ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 11 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
The Principal Aspects of Sustainable Development Economy Quality Quality of Life of Life Ecology Society ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 12 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Overview (3) 1. Knowledge workers and knowledge economy 2. What is sustainable development? 3. Why does TVET impact on sustainable development? 4. How does TVET impact on sustainable development? 5. The role of the workplace 6. The international context 7. How to translate into national action plans? ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 13 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
The UNESCO Convention on TVE "Technical and vocational education programmes should meet the technical requirements of the occupational sectors concerned and also provide the general education necessary for the personal and cultural development of the individual and include, inter alia, social , economic and environmental concepts relevant to the occupation concerned.“ UNESCO Convention on TVE (1989) Article 3.3 ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 14 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
The Agenda 21 • Reorienting education towards sustainable development; • Increasing public awareness towards sustainable development; • Promoting training towards sustainable development. “Earth Summit”, Rio de Janeiro (1992), Agenda 21, Chapter 26 ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 15 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Overview (4) 1. Knowledge workers and knowledge economy 2. What is sustainable development? 3. Why does TVET impact on sustainable development? 4. How does TVET impact on sustainable development? 5. The role of the workplace 6. The international context 7. How to translate into national action plans? ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 16 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Dimensions of TVET • Level : From secondary to post-secondary; • Learning arrangements : formal or informal • Responsibility : government, private sector, or a combination; • Learner : young person during initial training, skilled worker acquiring additional qualifications • Educational objective : development of work-related knowledge and skills; individual development and active citizenship ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 17 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
TVET and the World of Work • TVET can be delivered at the workplace • TVET prepares for work • Work serves economic purposes • Work uses resources • Work impacts on nature and ecology • Work environments are social subsystems ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 18 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Work and Sustainable Development Dimensions: • Economy • Ecology • Society ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 19 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Work and Sustainable Development: The Ecological Dimension • Water • Recycling • Energies • Waste Management • Soil • Garbage and sewage • Livestock • Life cycle of products ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 20 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Work and Sustainable Development: The Human and Social Dimension • Housing • Safety at work • Food • Occupational health • Health • Teamwork • Ethical standards ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 21 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Work and Sustainable Development: Across the Dimensions • Preservation and • Transport systems maintenance • Noise emission • Indigenous • Tourism technologies • Preventing • Rural development pandemics ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 22 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
Overview (5) 1. Knowledge workers and knowledge economy 2. What is sustainable development? 3. Why does TVET impact on sustainable development? 4. How does TVET impact on sustainable development? 5. The role of the workplace Learning from the workplace; learning at the workplace 6. The international context 7. How to translate into national action plans? ADBI-KRIVET Workshop The Contribution of TVET to Sustainable Development 23 07 to13 September 2005 by Hans Krönner
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